12-29-2021, 06:12 PM
(12-28-2021, 05:44 PM)baggy1 Wrote: Weekly update (a day early because I will be out tomorrow) is showing a massive increase in hospitalisations for the week (35% with a day to go) and especially over the last couple of days. Trying not to be alarmist here as it is only a couple of days data but the 27th and 28th have shown the highest daily % increase since the very early days back in March 2020. In England we've gone from 7,166 on Christmas day to 9,576 today, with the last 2 days of increases in those in hospital by an average of over 1k each day.
Regionally since last Friday there have been increases in every region with the South West seeing the least increase 16% and the rest seeing over 20 and 30%, the North West being the biggest seeing 38% (those are only 4 day increases and not a full week yet). It does look like everyone held out until after Christmas and are now seeking help. If the trend continues we will pass 10k tomorrow for the 1st time since March 2021.
Time to be careful folks.
Just as an update on this the week on week increase for England in numbers on hospital is 48%. Covid numbers are through the roof and we have added half again to the numbers in hospital in one week. 10,462 with large increases across all regions - London's increase in 5 days is 46% with the rest of the country averaging 40%, this appears to impact people in a reduced manner but there are more people being impacted meaning more people in hospital.
Take care folks.